Youth Employment Global Figures..THE LOST GENERATION...

Why Overseas Employers DON’T HIRE YOUNG PEOPLE …
* to favor existing older staff (Unions)
* lack experience
* tough labor laws (employer restrictive)

Definition of Unemployment : Consistently without a job for more than 3 months or unable to find steady wage paying jobs.

If you’re 20-25, You’re very Lucky to be in Malaysia now.
Here’s Why ..

Youth Unemployment in the US
16% or 3.5 Million Youths versus 7.6% overall Unemployment

16% 

Youth Unemployment in UK
20.7% or 958,000 Youths versus 7.8% overall Unemployment

20.7%

Youth Unemployment in France
25.4% versus 10.6% overall Unemployment

25.4%

Youth Unemployment in Greece
64.2% versus 27% overall Unemployment

64.2%

Youth Unemployment in Spain
57.22% versus 25% overall Unemployment
57.22%

Youth Unemployment in Malaysia
11% versus 3% overall Unemployment

11%

%Youth Unemployment (18 - 25)

US - 16%  UK - 20.70%  France - 25.40%  Greece - 64.20%  Spain - 57.22%  Malaysia - 11%

  

%Unemployment (Everyone)

US - 7.60%  UK - 7.80%  France - 10.60%  Greece - 27% Spain - 25%  Malaysia - 3%

How to Avoid becoming an Unemployment Statistic

1.0 Create Unique Skills or Volunteer for Experiences
                i.e.
                * Languages
                * Experience in Negotiating or Preparing Proposals
                * Handling tough people

2.0 Ask For Opportunities
                Your Employer does not owe you anything other than your agreed Salary.
 Ask your employer for opportunities to do better. The one who gains will be you.


3.0 Get Involved
                If you are a Professional in any industry, there’s usually an association of professionals like yourself (People hate to be lonely). Join these associations (Interior Designers, Advertising, Bankers) and increase your network.


4.0 Last but NOT least - ADD VALUE
                In everything you do, ADD VALUE. Once people know you as a Value Adder,  you will be in DEMAND and we will never see you as a Statistic.

But, Yeah...

For a while now, I’ve suddenly acquired this train of thought of being both self-aware and still remain ignorant to myself. Since when have I gained such attitude? Why do I keep all these stuff to myself? I realized moments ago that what I’ve been doing with my life is nothing but a form of suicide. A slow, yet joyful way of suicide. I mean, everyone dies. One way or the other, it’ll come. But I live my life by pushing my body to the limit whilst enjoying the pleasures of life.

The saying “Live Life to the fullest” or “Life is a short ride, so live it full” or some crap of saying like that, I do not really know the main saying, but all I’m trying to elaborate is that I’m constantly cutting off my life span my ignoring the simple and smallest details of my life. Of course, instinct has helped me prevent from dying from hunger, avoiding dangerous areas and as well keeping my oxygen tank full. Well, it’s either instincts or luck. Either ways, I’m still alive, so I should start living. But I don’t know how to properly live it. There are to guides.. well there are guides, but you can’t tell whether it’ll lead you to the right path. Is there really a “right” or “wrong” path? Well, I guess talk of human trafficking and other shady, inhumane acts could be considered the “wrong” path. But that is the perspective of which the masses have labelled it. If the person who does it know it’s wrong themselves, why do they keep doing so? This is a question I’ve been asking myself for a while now.

I’m definitely killing myself slowly. Not like cutting myself or plans of jumping of a building. Ignoring what the body needs and feeding it what it wants. My body as well as my future is being played around like a fucking juggler on a tightrope riding a unicycle. If I’m lucky, I’ll be able to reached to the other side, maintaining my balance and still able to keep myself on track, but one of these days, I’ll mess up, fall of the tightrope and land hard. It'll either cripple me, rendering me useless for the remainders of my life or it’ll end me. Of course, there is a third possibility I could overcome such a misfortune and gain new found strength, determination and outlook to face life and truly live life to the fullest.

Is that what I’m hoping for? To slipped up. Damn, I must be some sort of masochist. I mean, what use is it to hope for something bad to befall upon me? Will I really gain something new from that? Cause that’s what’s called a gamble, and I suck in gambling. To gamble my life on the line in hopes I get new found….something (can’t find the word)….. I’ve already lost my parents. I’ve already missed opportunities. It’s a miracle I am able to go through high school and now I’m in college, already with a whole bunch of assignments either passed deadline or nearing deadline.

I’m a mess. Maybe that should be the title of my Autobiography, “I’m a Mess”… doesn’t really reflect who I am though, just…my situation. No, I am a mess, so I should start cleaning myself up. Rearrange things, but in the order which is acceptable to me in which I am able to manage. God forbids if I’ll be able to do so, and quickly. I have an arsenal of excuses ready at the top of my head, but no determination to let out cause I hate each time I do so. It’s a load of BULL!!.... maybe that could be my title..

If anyone is reading this other than myself, at least you get to know what’s making me tick. I know I show off my quirky attitude with the mix of oddness which cannot be found among the general population (well, like 1 in a mill…a bit narcissist there), but I always carry these questions in my head and swallow them straight to my heart..or my stomach and in which, gets release in a form of gas.

Foolishness and some word synonymous to genius but with a “ness” at the end, coincide each other like two sides of the same coin. I hesitate whether I should publish it or not, but for now, this little word document essay thingy will stay in my laptop. Feel free to read, but don’t mess with anything on this document. I need to reflect on myself and I need the feedbacks from my own perspective… that doesn’t sound grammatically correct, but yeah. “But, Yeah” sounds catchy enough as a movie title. Or a book title….

2 in a week, im on a roll~

This one is dedicated to my tanned lost lamb, Lucy Shadows, with her head spinning, trying to make a decision every girl has to go through at least once in her life...

Dear lost lamb,
Believe in what you believe in and never lost faith of it cause your mind tends to absorb any information that might ruin you "fling" and you'll start thinking to the point you couldn't grasp reality...kidding...but seriously, DON'T STOP LISTENING, But DO remember that the decision is YOURS to make and only YOU can make that decision... We, the friends, could only fill your head with thoughts u wouldn't want to hear or things that might complicate your decision... So, once you make that decision, live with the consequences and DEAL WITH IT!

That's all for now my little lamb, don't lose faith, keep your head still always remember, the outcome of your decision is INEVITABLE...